Pompey decides to send Caesar another offer in hopes of limiting his power, in which Caesar decides to take some time to think upon the issue, despite Mark Antony’s objections. Meanwhile, Lucius Vorenus refuses to allow some thugs to harm a citizen in debt, which causes him trouble in his job as the thugs he threatened worked for the biggest crime boss in Rome. Titus Pullo also is hired as a military tutor for Octavian, though he discovers that Octavian isn’t as helpless as he seems to be.

Recap

Chased to the Italian coast by Caesar's legions, Pompey and the senior senators debate their response to Caesar's truce offer. They finally agree to a "cessation of hostilities" based on his terms, though Pompey vehemently insists to his men the agreement is not a surrender. He simply needs time to bring fresh troops from Greece and Spain...